Descending the Vallee Blanche can be the highlight of a trip to Chamonix. But, whether first timer or a local, it’s all too easy to get blasé about the risks of glacial terrain – as this team found out. Watch this skier fall into a crevasse and ask yourself: would you know what to do? Read more »
It is glaciation, cloaking the mountains in snow and ice, splintering rocks into fantastic shapes through the freezing and thawing of water in cracks, that makes alpine mountains so spectacular, exciting and potentially hazardous. Rob Collister from Plas y Brenin takes a closer look at the infamous and uniquely alpine danger – crevasses, and the legendary art of crevasse rescue. Read more »
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